George Jones is alive and well, and happy to be touring. After performing two successful shows this weekend, Jones is scheduled to appear on average six to eight more shows each month continuing into 2013. The legend states, “I love the road. I love the fans. I am just a singer and love to sing my songs. Until I’m done I still don’t need no rockin’ chair. Just gimme’ that…
Menzoberranzan: City of Intrigue is a must-have title for anyone that wants to further flesh out visiting the titular city in any campaign. The sheer amount of information that is stashed in this title will fuel many a session. I believe that the descriptions made of the city itself are perhaps the most valuable additions to the title. Successfully painting a backdrop for the players as a DM is perhaps…
This month JBM will tour with Alt-J in support of his recent release Stray Ashes. Date and venue info below. Sep 12 New York, NY • Bowery Ballroom w/ Alt-J Sep 14 Philadelphia, PA • Johnny Brenda’s w/ Alt-J Spe 15 Washington, DC • Rock and Roll Hotel w/ Alt-J Sep 17 Allston, MA • Great Scott w/ Alt-J Sep 18 Montreal, QC • Petit Campus w/ Alt-J Sep 19 Toronto, ON…
Act I, the first ever live solo offering from legendary Finnish songstress/former Nightwish soprano, TARJA TURUNEN, will be unleashed to North American fans TOMORROW, September 4, 2012 via Eagle Rock imprint Armoury Records. Available in 2-CD, 2-DVD and Blu-Ray formats, Act I was recorded and filmed with 10 HD cameras at the breathtaking Teatro El Círculo in Rosario, Argentina earlier this Spring resulting in a visual production Terrorizer.com called “mind…
Lisztomania was released in 1975 by Ken Russell (Altered States, Tommy), and features Roger Daltrey as Franz Liszt. This film is incredibly off the wall. As the same director/actor pair that led Tommy to such heights are present here, one should have some idea of what to expect. There is a much more erotic and human feel to Lisztomania. The title, set during the 19th century, focuses on the stratospheric…
Monster Energy and Idol Roc Entertainment have announced the line-up for the 2012 Monster Energy Outbreak Tour. Headliner Asking Alexandria will be joined by support acts As I Lay Dying, Suicide Silence, Memphis May Fire and Attila. The line-up secured prompted tour producer Steve Glazer (Idol Roc Entertainment) to share, “Without question this is the strongest lineup we’ve assembled for Outbreak to date. Each year we promise to grow our…
Today, the Hopscotch Festival premiered a video of Kurt Wagner of Lambchop performing “Buttons,” a track from the band’s latest album Mr. M, at Carrboro’s Friendly Barber Shop during XX Merge. Mr. M was released earlier this year to some of the best reviews of Lambchop’s career including the NY Times who said, “of all Lambchop’s records, Mr. M sounds like its least mannered, most mysterious and probably its best.”…
Award-wining singer/songwriter Jamey Johnson will kick-off the release of his new album Living for a Song: A Tribute to Hank Cochran with a momentous concert. The night will feature Jamey with a very a special group of friends at Nashville’s Historic Ryman Auditorium and will coincide with the street date of the album. Tickets will go on sale Friday Sept. 7th at 10 am. To purchase ticket please visit www.ryman.com.…
The latest single, ‘BLACKENED BLUE’ from the multinational hard rock/metal band MELDRUM is available now on iTunes. ‘BLACKENED BLUE’ is the second single from MELDRUM’s long awaited third album LIFER due out this fall via REVERSED RECORDS. The band recently gave fans their first taste of new music since 2007’s BLOWIN UP THE MACHINE with the release of the debut single from LIFER, ‘A TOAST TO ROMANCE’ out now on…
Cajsa Siik, hauling from Umeå in the northern part of Sweden, is finally releasing her debut single “Was I Supposed To” on September 3! The track, produced by Andreas Dahlbäck, who’s previous work includes Anna Ternheim, finds us immediately thrown into a haunting sad story driven by stomping rhythms. Cajsa found new inspiration for the track on a trip to Andalucia, Spain, where the large part of her upcoming album…
Angels are for everyone and so is Dyslexia; which is why Gazebo Books has decided to publish two versions of Robert Warrington’s charming new picture book, “The Little Dyslexic Angel”. For those of the Jewish, Muslim, Zoroastrianism, Buddhist, or Hindu faith, Gazebo Books presents “The Little Dyslexic Angel – All Faith” edition. For the traditional Christian market “The Little Dyslexic Angel – Christmas Edition” which includes 14 additional pages illustrating…
One of the most memorable pioneers of Finnish first-wave death metal, CONVULSE were there in 1990 alongside bands such as Xysma, Disgrace, and Abhorrence to create a scene which was to become legendary. Formed in Nokia in early 1990, the band was quickly snapped up by Thrash Records from France, and the future cult classic World Without God appeared a year later. After an 18-year break, CONVULSE returned in 2012…
Music lovers will gather this weekend in downtown Detroit for the 33rd annual Detroit Jazz Festival, presented by the Chrysler brand. Festival attendees will see a lineup of world-renowned musicians playing throughout the weekend, including headliners Wayne Shorter, Pat Metheny, Wynton Marsalis, Chick Corea and Gary Burton. Performances kick off at 7 p.m. on Aug. 31 with Artist in Residence Terence Blanchard taking the stage, followed by the legendary Sonny…
“Bumblefuck” begins the album, and it really shows SOS as a band that meshes together a number of different traditions. For those into the current state of rock music, there seems to be more than a hint of Disturbed-like riffs. Riffs also resemble Metallica and the thrash-rock of old Anthrax, while the tempo is more reminiscent of early punk music. “Star Killers” is more of the same, but what is…
“Target Market” starts off “Waking The Mystics”, and it shows Sophe Lux as being very influenced by The Turtles and The Doors, with more than a passing hint to Spanish guitar work and ambient music being tied in to their music. The eclectic sound of Sophe Lux is enough to allow individuals from all different genres to pick up the album and find something that they appreciate. The strong female…
Performed primarily in Morocco and South-western Algeria, a traditional Gnawa ceremony re-creates the genesis of the universe, incorporating trance-inducing music, a clairvoyant, incense, and ecstatic dancing in a complicated liturgy. Gnawa music mixes classical Islamic Sufism with pre-Islamic African traditions, and in recent decades has begun to be performed outside of the traditional closed-door ceremonies, to the wider Moroccan public, and to global music audience at large. In 2011, the…
The way that Sons and Daughters start off their “Repulsion Box” is far and away one of the best ways to get individuals to listen in. “Medicine” is a straight-forward rock track (with more than its fair share of punk influence) that will cause any listener to focus in and devote eirself to the music completely, even as their body bounces to the beat. Sons and Daughters do not let…
DEVIL TO PAY have announced that the band will be celebrating it’s 10 Year Anniversary by trekking across parts of America to rock out with friends and fans along the way! Having put the final touches on the writing and demoes for their next album (first with Ripple Music), DTP are anxious to hit the road and bring the sonic devastation with them. Audiences along the route will be treated…
ARKHAMIN KIRJASTO premiere the track “The Cult of No Return,” as well as its accompany video, at Decibel magazine’s website! A highly exclusive stream from North American’s premiere metal authority, “The Cult of No Return” comes from ARKHAMIN KIRJASTO’s highly anticipated debut album, Torches Ablaze, set for worldwide release on September 5th through EKTRO RECORDS. The track + video for “The Cult of No Return” can be heard/seen in its…
Yesterday, Detroit, MI’s BATTLECROSS finished their run with the TRESPASS AMERICA festival, also featuring Five Finger Death Punch with support from Killswitch Engage, Trivium, Emmure, Pop Evil, and God Forbid. Helping to cap such a defining summer in the band’s already accelerating career, Sirius XM Liquid Metal will premiere the band’s studio cover of the track “Hostile” (originally performed by Pantera) on Friday, August 31st. Afterward, the track will be…